As if it’s not enough when couples struggle to get pregnant naturally, there are trolls out there who judge them for needing medical assistance — as Chrissy Teigen can attest to. In the November issue of InStyle magazine, the model, chef and all-around bad*ss mom-of-one shared that she and hubby John Legend are planning for baby number two via IVF.

According to InStyle, Teigen said of the 20 embryos from her last IVF treatment, only three were viable. Her first resulted in a miscarriage, and the second is her 1-year-old daughter Luna. This next pregnancy will be using the couple’s third and final embryo.

In an E! Newsstory about Teigen's intentions, a nasty commenter couldn't help but speak up and accuse Teigen of approaching getting pregnant like a "science experiment":

Come on, people! Aren’t we past this already?

Teigen and Legend have traditionally been super honest about their struggles with infertility.

"The big question was why this wasn’t working for us when I was young and he was healthy," Teigen told Self magazine in April 2016. When she began fertility doctor visits and meds, it was “really hard,” she continued: She had bruises on her stomach and gained weight — which was all the more painful with the relentless media attention. "When you have these high-highs and low-lows, and you’re, like, cuckoo pants … you don't want to get your hopes up, but of course, you do," she said.

Teigen is far from alone. Many women need help getting pregnant, only to face shaming if they speak up about it. In a recent WhatToExpect.com community thread, moms delved into the sensitivity of fertility issues.

“When I was TTC with PCOS, I had at first been a little ashamed of my body for not doing what it's basically designed to do,” wrote one mom under the user name esthermz1. “Fast forward years (and one baby) later and I am so proud of my fertility journey. When I bring up my fertility treatment stories, [people] duck their heads and say ‘Oh’ without asking many questions. I have no shame in my journey — I'm proud of myself. I worked hard for a baby!”

“There's no shame in needing help,” responded another mom who goes by scr25 and wrote that she, too, went through IVF to get pregnant. “There's no shame in your body. You can do everything right and still not be able to get pregnant or stay pregnant.”

Another mom with user name Kmishl had what might be the best (or at least the most blunt and to-the-point) response: “I say who gives a sh— how it happened. You and your husband have a baby you love.”

Perhaps what we really need to clear up the misperceptions and shame around fertility procedures is a lot more honesty. In her Self interview, Teigen said that when she first opened up about her IVF treatments with friends, plenty of other couples — who had stayed quiet up until that point — shared their own fertility struggles. "Once we talked about IVF, it was like I heard everything. Some people who are close to us had done it, like, seven to 10 times."

So don’t feel embarrassed if you need fertility treatments or have struggled to conceive naturally. Every couple’s journey to pregnancy and parenthood is equally "real" and valid. What matters is there's technology out there that gives hope to couples who want to have a baby. And you should be proud that you have the choice and the tenacity to use it.